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Bulgaria
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General Information
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General Information
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| Capital City: |
Sofia |
| Area: |
110,994 sq km |
| Climate: |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers |
| Landscape: |
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast |
| Population: |
7,450,349 (July 2005 est.) |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census) |
| Languages: |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) |
| Religions: |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) |
| Nat. Holiday: |
Liberation Day, 3 March |
| Government: |
Parliamentary Republic
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| President: |
Georgi PURVANOV (since 22 January 2002) |
| Prime Minister: |
Sergei STANISHEV (since 16 August 2005)
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Economy
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| Currency: |
Bulgarian lev (BGL), 1 EUR = 1,95 BGL (October 2004)
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| GDP: |
$61.63 billion (2004 est.)
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| GDP per capita: |
$8,200 (2004 est.)
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| GDP real growth: |
5.3% (2004 est.)
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| Inflation rate: |
6.1% (2004 est.)
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Labour force
per sector:
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Services 56.3%, industry 32.7%, agriculture 11%
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Unemployment:
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12.7% (2004 est.)
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Exports:
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$9.134 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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- products:
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clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
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- partners:
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Italy 13.2%, Germany 11.5%, Turkey 9.7%, Belgium 6.4%, Greece 6.1%, US 5.6%, France 5.1% (2004)
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Imports:
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$12.23 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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- products:
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machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
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| - partners: |
Germany 15.7%, Italy 10.9%, Russia 9%, Greece 8%, Turkey 7.5%, France 4.7%, Austria 4% (2004)
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Growth sectors:
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Finance, tourism, retail
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Trade with the Netherlands
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NL exports:
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$231 million (2003)
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- products:
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Food, livestock, machines, chemicals, commodities
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NL imports:
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$111 million (2003)
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Machines, commodities, chemicals
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Economic regions
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North-East Bulgaria
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North-West and North-Central Bulgaria
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South-Central Bulgaria
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South-East Bulgaria
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South-West Bulgaria
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Source: CIA World Factbook, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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